Plein de super trucs. On a un début d'année 2011 très chargé avec des sorties de Pianos Become The Teeth, We Were Skeletons, By Surprise, The Saddest Landscape, My Heart To Joy, Caravels, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die et d'autres.

Merci beaucoup, un dernier mot ?

Merci beaucoup Romain !

Romain J.

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Name: Topshelf Records

Country: États-Unis

Year of creation: 2006

Current roster: Castevet, Defeater, Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), Pianos Become The Teeth, The Saddest Landscape...

Seth Decoteau:My name is Seth and I co-own Topshelf Records with my good friend Kevin.

How many people are involved in your team and where is the label based?

There are only two people that run Topshelf, Kevin and myself. We have had interns in the past, but it's just the two of us. We're based out of Massachusetts, currently close to Boston) We've been in Massachusetts for the life of the label, but have moved around a few times.

Tell us a bit about the history of Topshelf.

We are an up and coming indie label that has a wide range of genres that we work with from instrumental to hardcore to punk. We started the label in early 2006 as a means to release music for a band that we were all in. There were three of us at the time. Suffice to say that our band broke up prior to us being able to release anything for them and Kevin and I kept running the label. We then released music for our friends bands and have been staying active since then and releasing music that we truly love.

What motivates you to release records?

We love doing this. Being able to help friends and bands we respect get their music in front of more people.

How do you choose the bands you work with?

A variety of ways. We're always looking for new bands to work with. Sometimes it's people we know, sometimes it's bands that we approach and sometimes it's good friends of friends. We do always try to look for bands that are honest and hard-working. That goes a long way.

If you had to choose 5 records released on Topshelf for people who don't know you, which would they be?

Defeater - Travels

Pianos Become The Teeth - Old Pride

Castevet & Into It. Over It. - Snack Town (Split 7")

Rooftops - A Forest Of Polarity

Stand Up Get Down - We Have Something To Celebrate

Which adjectives best define your label?

Hard-working, aggressive, honest.

Digital releases: essential or useless?

Digital only, a bit of both. Digital in support of a CD or vinyl release, essential.

How is it to run a label in 2011?

It's really exciting! There are tons of great bands putting out some awesome music and vinyl is becoming more popular as well. There is also a group of labels like Big Scary Monsters, Count Your Lucky Stars, No Sleep, Run For Cover, and Tiny Engines who are killing it right now.

What's in store for Topshelf in the future?

So many awesome things. We have a very full early 2011 which includes releases from Pianos Become The Teeth, We Were Skeletons, By Surprise, The Saddest Landscape, My Heart To Joy, Caravels, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die and more.